Comments on: We Love it When You Win. Just Not Too Much. http://mikemywords.com/2010/01/21/we-love-it-when-you-win-just-not-too-much/ From the Brain of Mike McDowell Fri, 02 Mar 2012 16:08:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ryan Jerz http://mikemywords.com/2010/01/21/we-love-it-when-you-win-just-not-too-much/#comment-315 Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:31:58 +0000 http://mikemywords.com/?p=345#comment-315 I think you’re right to a degree. You still have to factor in fandom in sports. For instance, the Yankees’ fans (and them being the number one team in the number one US market means there are an awful lot of them) won’t ever desert them if they win ten straight. They’ll just become the most insufferable bunch that an individual can come across. Your bell curve would then be really out of whack with a giant blip at one end. Same goes for the Cubs in the other direction. Another number one team in the number two market that hasn’t won since, like 1532.

Overall I think you’ve hit on something in that it may average out over time, except that with sports the amount of teams is too small to be dead correct. Sample sizes aren’t big enough to get the best bell curve.

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